Aiziah stared at Nathaniel. And her expression was as dark as Redenor. "Isn't that liquid from the desert flower that came from Rowan the Creator?"Nathaniel couldn't answer her directly as he feels the same as her. Petrified and had been played upon.Aiziah bit her lip as she kept her gaze at the Elder Keeper. "...then, is the Celestial --- Rowan the Creator simply toying with us?""Aiziah!" Dane screamed after hearing the sinful thing that came out from her lips. "How dare you --- we don't know what's going on!"The Keeper shook her head in sheer disbelief. She looked at Dane, and then Nathaniel before she peered her gaze at Elly. And she thought her friend's life was being played. And what's worse... she thought there was hope."I hate this!" She screamed as she ran away from the house, crying and screaming curses at why she was born as a Keeper.=================Alatar's wings flapped against the thick clouds. He clicked his tongue, signifying to Retra that they are near the Isla
In the middle of the Sahara Desert. The fortress of Khalantrophe remained standing. Abandoned and was completely rundown. The gates that closed the door of the fortress from the outside world were now crushed into pieces.Dried blood and seeds and different stains and trash can be seen all around the once proud fortress. Torn clothes, shoes and bones can be seen as well. But the stain that made the fortress looked haunted and cursed was the dried blood that can be seen around it.The blood of the Keepers who laid their lives.The halls that were once filled with joy and laughter was now quiet and filled with an eerie feeling.It was empty, dark and full of evidence of the catastrophe that had happened.The blood of the Keepers remained on the unwashed floor, the entrance and the castle walls. The dried blood can be seen on the catacombs. But most of all the dried blood was most evident in the chamber where the Khalantrophe's Relic used to stand.The beast Retra and Alatar destroyed ev
Right after Kane heard Anastacia's story, he did not think twice about waking up Rasmus, his mentor, and asking for the older male's guidance. The two of them rushed towards downstairs where Rasmus was probably staying."Are you sure about this, Anastacia?" Kane asked. He began to call her Anastacia as Anastacia since he had trouble pronouncing her name. And since Darlene knows Anastacia more than she knows herself, the Supreme Sorcerer told him to call her Anastacia instead. Which Anastacia accepted with no complaints."I'm sure." Anastacia replied, not even looking Kane in the eyes as the two of them ran down the stairs. "I heard him call me in my dream. He called me..." Anastacia stopped on her tracks, and was a bit flustered. She covered her reddening cheeks almost immediately so that Kane missed it. "...he called me 'My Love'."Kane, who was a step ahead of Anastacia, looked back and smiled at her, almost teasing. "Sounds like you're really fond of the Khalantrophe, don't you?" T
While Kane and Rasmus looked at the paintings of the Celestials on display, Joie and Anastacia remained silent in the living room. With a cup of tea in both of their hands, the two women took their time drinking from the hot cup.Joie took her time to observe the young woman. She stared at her features and looked in her eyes to see the emotions that are displayed in them. She can sense her confusion and her bewilderment. She can sense how much the young woman wants answers as she is new to the world of Sorcerers.She knows how Anastacia is feeling, for she had been in her place before. So she patiently waits for her to feel comfortable about everything. Forcing the young woman would lead to a sense of discomfort, and they wouldn't want that.They know they needed to earn her trust, unlike Kane who grew up with the Sorcerers and the secrets of the Celestials.As a child Kane was already aware of his powers and responsibilities, while Anastacia only knew so little.At first, it was hard
All of them thought their friend would escape the grasp of death. They really thought that Elly would be saved from the burns, aches and pain which he was suffering from. But then, they realized that they were wrong.Not only that, but another innocent man became a victim of what was supposed to be their burden. Seth Orion, the son of Redenor.Aiziah couldn't bear the pain anymore. She was holding on to her emotions for so long that it felt like she was about to burst. "I can't take this anymore!" She screamed out loud as she ran away from the scene. Her heart racing against her chest as her lungs burn from being breathless.She thought everything would be fine. She thought what the flower from the desert gave them was the cure.She thought the Celestial's actually looked down on them with kind eyes and saved their friends... but they were wrong.Have the Celestial's they had been serving been playing and toying with them all along?Did they even care for what they felt? What they des
Joie's voice grabbed Kane and Anastacia's attention. Rasmus, who's standing right next to her chimed and chorused along with her, asking the two inheritor's of the Celestial being's powers to make a move so that they may begin their journey towards the Fortress of Khalantrophe."Kane, Anastacia." Rasmus called this time around. "Let's go, now. If we slow our pace, the cold winds will be unbearable and we'll be taking too much precious time... I just---" The tall Keeper paused, then shivered when the cold winds brushed against his uncovered skin.'Why didn't I bring a jacket or a hoodie?!' Rasmus closed his eyes as he felt goosebumps trail from his neck down to his back. He was so cold that he was gritting his teeth and his body was shivering all over.Kane noticed this and was forced to hold on his laughter. Rasmus was shaking so hard, he looked like a shaking tree from afar.Kane looked behind his shoulder and called for Anastacia. "Hey, Anastacia... Let's go?"Anastacia blinked a fe
Aiziah and Zebedee went straight to the Orion's residence where Elly and the son of Redenor laid in bed. Both men were motionless --- their breaths so soft that little to no air can be felt when Nathaniel placed his finger an inch away from their nostrils.Seth's skin was beginning to turn blue, while the sunburn on Elly's body went from a light shade of pink to a darker shade of brown.Redenor asked Nathaniel to boil some water. Something they often use to treat the area where the telson of the slitch punctured. The basic and first step before they could apply any herbal medicine. The Sorcerer turns off the kettle before it whistles; he can hear the water bubbling, and it sounds so agitated it almost drives him a little mad.Nathaniel feels hypersensitive today, like his skin is very dry from the sun and his eyes have been open for too long. He doesn't know how to keep his lips closed without swallowing every few seconds.Even though he drank a glass of water in more ways than he can
"I thought help would never come." Redenor said quietly. He was about to sleep, but then Dane opened the door, bursting inside with good news."Me too..." Zarahbih, his wife, chorused.Nathaniel was the one who talked to the two first, Anastacia and Kane that is. He told them about what happened at the Fortress of Khalantrophe. How it was ruined and the kind of monster attacked and destroyed the castle walls.He never missed a single detail of what happened the next day as well. The aftermath of the attack. How no one was left, and how much blood was spilled inside the catacombs where the Bane was placed and was supposed to be guarded and protected.Timothy, Jacqueline and the two inheritors of the said power listened. Horror and terror can be seen on their expressive faces."Supreme one... the bane of the Khalantrophe led you to this place?" Kane was the first to ask."That's correct." Nathaniel answered and waited for the next questions to be asked. But the questions never came, and